Enjoying Life While Managing Heart Failure
Devices
Your health care team may recommend that you have a device implanted to help your heart.
Is a pacemaker that sends electrical signals to both the hearts lower chambers. This allows them to beat together in a more synchronized way, helping the heart to pump better.
Are small devices implanted in the upper body with leads to the heart that can detect unsafe heart rhythms and deliver a shock to the heart to resume a normal rhythm.
Are a small device implanted into the heart just below the collarbone used to set the rhythm of your heart. It has leads to connect, send, and receive electrical signals in the heart.
Is a small device implanted in the blood vessels of your lungs that can detect if your body is collecting extra fluid. This information is shared with your health care team who can change your care plan and medicines.
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